| Inkspot nudibranch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ceratosoma |
| Species: | C. ingozi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996 | |
The inkspot nudibranch, Ceratosoma ingozi, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth in 15–108 m of water. It is probably endemic.
Description
The length of this marine species attains 80 mm.
The inkspot nudibranch is a deep-bodied dorid with a smooth skin and bluish-edged purple spots. It has creamy gills and rhinophores. Its body colour varies from a creamy yellow through pinks to purples. It may reach a total length of 80 mm.
Distinguishing features
It is bright orange in color with distinct, darker spots edged in blue, varying from dark red to black or brown. The body is club-shaped with a dorsal frill. When in water, creamy rhinophores (chemosensory tentacles) and a dorsal gill rosette are visible. Its color is bright orange with distinct bluish edged darker spots ranging in colour from dark red to black or brown.
Ecology
This species feeds on sponges. Its egg ribbon is a stiff collar of large yellow-orange eggs.
References
- Gosliner, T. M. (1996). Phylogeny of Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 49(3): 115–126.
- Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996. 30 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN 978-1-86868-098-6. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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- Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
- Rudman, W.B., 2005 (January 28) Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007). Nudibranchs of the world. Frankfurt: ConchBooks. pp. 1–360. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Gosliner, T.; et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Cape Town: Southern Underwater Research Group Press. p. 340.
External links
- Gosliner, T.M. (1996). "Phylogeny of Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with descriptions of two new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 49 (3): 115–126.
- Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012). "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs". PLoS ONE. 7 (4).
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| Ceratosoma ingozi | |